White out conditions between clear spells.

10th January 2015

After a very mild wet and windy night (plus 4 on the summit) the freezing level quickly plummeted to minus 7 C on the tops first thing today. Blizzard conditions followed during the heavy showers, with gust of over 100 mph at summit levels.

 

Strong winds with lots of spindrift, this was one of the clear spells between heavy snow showers.

Sneachda Morains; a good example of windscoured areas verses deep windslab on the E side.

Sneachda Morains; a good example of wind scoured areas verses deep windslab on the E side.

Most of the snow lies of Easterly aspects.

Most of the snow lies of Easterly aspects.

Very cold with spindrift billowing, white out conditions during snow showers.

Very cold with spindrift billowing, white out conditions during snow showers.

On the way into Coire an t-Sneachda

On the way into Coire an t-Sneachda

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